Assessment of Cognitive Insight: A Qualitative Review

A comparative study of cognitive insight in schizophrenia patients with and without depression

“…Riggs et al had done a review study which support our finding of significant negative correlation between cognitive insight or SR and positive symptoms of schizophrenia. 5 Similar finding were also found by various studies. 4,[18][19][20][21][22] Opposite to this, some studies failed to show any relationship between SC and symptoms of schizophrenia.…”

“…Although the literature showed that cognitive insight consistently correlates with clinical insight, there is evidence that these two constructs are complementary rather than overlapping. 5 Some recent evidence also supports the hypothesis that depressive symptoms are an integral part of schizophrenia. 6,7 Better insight was significantly correlated with lower mood.…”

The relationship between cognitive insight and depression in psychosis and schizophrenia: A review and meta-analysis

“…This finding was replicated by (Pedrelli et al, 2004), but since these initial studies, a review of subsequent work has shown different results (Riggs et al, 2012), with selfreflection at least showing a reliable relationship with mood.…”

Insight in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: relationship with behavior, mood and perceived quality of life, underlying causes and emerging treatments

“…We considered two forms of insight: clinical insight, which involves awareness of symptoms, need for treatment, and psychosocial consequences of the disorder 14 , and cognitive insight, which involves the capacity for self-reflectiveness and resistance to excessive certainty 15,16 . If not otherwise specified, the population studied included adults with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder.…”